Griner admitted that she had the canisters in her luggage but testified she had inadvertently packed them in haste and that she had no criminal intent. Her defense team presented written statements that she had been prescribed cannabis to treat pain.
The nine-year sentence was close to the maximum of 10 years, and Griner's lawyers argued after the conviction that the punishment was excessive. They said in similar cases defendants have received an average sentence of about five years, with about a third of them granted parole. Reflecting the growing pressure on the Biden administration to do more to bring Griner home, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken took the unusual step of revealing publicly in July that Washington had made a"substantial proposal" to get Griner home, along with Paul Whelan, an American serving a 16-year sentence in Russia for espionage.
U.S. President Joe Biden met last month with Cherelle Griner, the wife of Brittney Griner, as well as the player's agent, Lindsay Colas. Biden also sat down separately with Elizabeth Whelan, Paul Whelan's sister.
Let her rot
Free Britney🌈🌈
L
They can keep her she hates the USA
Make it life lmao
Joe Biden's plea video to russia. Russia
Free BG
Boohoo
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.
Looking forward to the upcoming weeks of nonstop talk about a person who broke the fucking law and got caught now feels bad.
I understand she broke Russian law, but this is ridiculous and actually sad at this point! I don't know how long she would have been in jail before the war, but I know how long she'll do now!
This picture makes her look crazy as hell you should of told them to take another one just saying
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
She shoulda been sent to jail the minute she said she could beat big boogie oogie
Keep her in Russia she was saying how she doesn’t like America but now she us wanting us to help her💀
Enjoy prison and hey look at it this way u hate this country so much they just want to keep u in theirs!!!
Why are we wasting time on this?
This is so disgusting.
Gee, just for the hell of it, I’m going to go to a country that hates America and knowingly break the law. They can keep him, we have enough dummies here already.
She looks like she needs to hear the national anthem. Lmmfao
The fact that she did this when there's a war going on with a bunch of tension with Russia is nuts. Wtf would you break laws in a communist country smh. Tbh Ukraine is suffering and all people care about is getting her out lol.
So the story i read they will exchange grinder and another American for a Russian arms dealer? Seems like not a fair trade a basketball player to a powerful arms dealer. 🤦
9 years for a cart was it worth it brittneygriner 🤡
She had so many complaints with the US let her stay in Russia and think about how good she had it here. Hope they keep her there
Atleast Russia isn’t so racist…. I’m sure she’s enjoying her stay away from the country she hates. Smh. Keep her Russia!
DT45 would’ve had her home in no time. JB sadly stays confused.
Keep that thug locked up no one cares
Sorry but she did the crime so she deserves to do the time. She knew what she was doing. The people that need to be released before her are the soldiers who actually fought for our country. She didn't acknowledge the US until she needs them now to help her get out of jail
So many spoiled kids here talking bout unfair consequences 😂😂 Literally not for us to decide whether smth is fair or unfair, morality is subjective. And if you enter a totalitarian communist country you have no control over such matter at all.
Trade deadline already past, keep her if anything put her on waivers and maybe another country will pick her up
Don't do drugs kids
Can’t wait for her to be locked up forever
Rot.
Poor baby....enjoy your vacation in Russia
Dam is she gonna get out though ?
Just using her as a political pawn
My god. People still talk about this testosterone filled female?🤦🏾♂️ She broke their laws. She chose to break the law in Russia of all countries. She got herself arrested due to her actions. She got sentenced to prison for her crimes. That’s literally the entire story.
POTUS
i bet u when she gets out, she goes home and gets high as fuck
Double it
KEEPBG
hope she gets the book thrown at her
Stay in Russia
Y'all forgot to mention snuggling them into the country.
This comment section
Finally, a country got it right. Hope she rots.
AND THEN WHAT!? THEN WHAT!? You Got A Mothaphuka They HATES The United States Of American And You Think What!? FOH
😂😂😂😂😂
And?
Can't do the time, don't do the crime.
For what? Keep her law breaking ass there!
She broke the law… I don’t understand how this is still a story
Leave her there
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I don’t Believe that just let her go home. She is Famous WWA Basketball player
Russian front bound!
Hey
Keep her
Where is BLM?
She did not have the minimum requirement under Russian law. Her sentence is unlawful. Bring her home!
Looks like her face has been photoshopped. Lol.
People over here worried about her rotting in a Russian jail all because she is a 'celebrity' meanwhile we have millions in our own prison system rotting away for the exact same crime but nobody gives a fuk
9 years is totally Batman
FreeBrittneyGriner ⤵️
We all agree to serve 9 years over Weed is extreme. However I have no sympathy for those who hate America . Enjoy your 9 years
🗣🎙🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾😡😡😡😡Please stop 🛑 with the bullshit let this child of God get home 🏠 you all need to be held accountable Russian government!!
Should only be a fine. 9 years in prison?!
Just making her sit in their misery.😤 wereBGsrong
I forgot she was over there
Set it up
Crazy ik sumbody that just got 12 years for attempted murder and she got more than half of that for sum wee bruh😭😂this shit is crazy
Trump would've had her home by now and Russia would've payed for all travel expenses.
I hope he comes home soon!
You do the crime you do the time
Don’t care. Don’t break the law and this doesn’t happen.
Just give her 15 years and call it a day.
For the know it alls in the comments. 2 months.
Thoughts and prayers
No appeal … what’s right is right … she deserves to be locked up …
we can tell she is not happy
I guess the racism angle doesn’t work over there
PSA DON'T take drug paraphernalia to Russia and then bitch about it
free her
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